Ireland—Banking & Financial Services analysis: This article was written by A&L Goodbody’s Financial Regulation Advisory Team. In July, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) updated its Minimum Competency Code Q&A and published its Financial Crime Bulletin and Supplemental Guidance on Prohibition Notices. There were several anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) developments at domestic and EU levels.

Ireland—Banking & Financial Service analysis: This article, was written by A&L Goodbody’s Financial Regulation Advisory Team. Domestically, the CBI announced the appointment of new Director of Policy and International. At European level, Sharon Donnery, ECB Supervisory Board member, delivered a speech at the Institute of International Finance.

Ireland-Banking & Financial Services analysis: This article was written by A&L Goodbody’s Financial Regulation Advisory Team. Domestically, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) published a discussion paper on distributed ledger technology (DLT) and tokenisation and the revised Consumer Protection Code entered into force. At European level, the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) published final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) on risk assessment and selection for direct supervision.

Ireland—Banking & Financial Services analysis: Domestically, the CBI published the revised Consumer Protection Code. At European level, ESMA published guidelines on suitability requirements and the format of the periodic statement for portfolio management activities under MiCAR.This article was written by the Insurance & Reinsurance team of A&L Goodbody LLP.

Ireland—Banking & Financial services analysis: This article was written by A&L Goodbody’s Finanial Regulation Advisory Team, and discusses howdomestically, the Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024 was passed by the Oireachtas. At European level, ESMA calls on social media companies to tackle unauthorised financial ads.

Ireland-Banking & Financial Service analysis: This article, was written by A&L Goodbody’s Asset Management and Investment Funds Team. Domestically, the CBI updated its position in relation to portfolio transparency for UCITS ETFS and consults on Fitness and Probity Regime. At European level, ESMA published draft RTS and guidelines for liquidity management tools for funds.

Ireland—Finance and Financial Services analysis: This article was written by A&L Goodbody’s Financial Regulation Advisory team. It notes that at European level, it covers revised guidelines on liquidity management tools (LMTs) under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and the Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS Directive), and new UCITS and AIFMD Q&As.

Ireland-Banking & Financial Services analysis: This article was written by A&L Goodbody’s Financial Regulation Advisory team. It notes that domestically, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has introduced streamlined processes to facilitate updates to Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) II / Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) VI filings. At European level, the European Commission has launched a consultation on the Shareholder Rights Directive and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its priorities for 2027–2029.

Ireland—Banking & Financial Services analysis: Domestically, the CBI updates the AIFMD Q&A. At European level, ESMA published a letter with details of a number of its 2025 deliverables and the European Commission adopted its strategy for the savings and investments union. This article was written by the Asset Management & Investment Funds team of A&L Goodbody LLP.

Ireland—Banking & Financial Services analysis: This article was written by A&L Goodbody’s Financial Regulation Advisory Team. It covers the Central Bank of Ireland’s (CBI) discussion paper on distributed ledger technology (DLT) and tokenisation in financial services, the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA’s) 2025 report on the costs and performance of EU retail investment products, ESMA’s latest assessment of risks in EU financial markets, and updated ESMA guidelines on stress test scenarios under Regulation (EU) 2017/1131 (the MMF Regulation). .

Ireland—Banking & Financial Service analysis: This article, was written by A&L Goodbody LLP’s Asset Management and Funds team. Domestically, Minister for Finance Pascal Donohue delivered a speech at the Irish Funds annual global funds conference. At European level, IOSCO published a final report on updated liquidity risk management recommendations for CIS.

Ireland-Banking & Financial Service analysis: This article, was written by A&L Goodbody’s Insurance & Reinsurance Team. Domestically, the CBI removed Solvency II external audit requirements for captive (re)insurance undertakings. At European level, ESMA launched a set of six consultations re IRRD and it published the insurance risk dashboard.